Foreign Affairs

The Foreign Ministers of China and Pakistan held a ‘Strategic Dialogue’ in Beijing on Tuesday in which the sides vowed to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor from all kinds of threats, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Dialogue was co-chaired by State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi and Foreign Minister …

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday criticised India’s condemnation of a white supremacist terror attack targeting Muslims in two Christchurch mosques during Friday prayers last week. As many as 50 people, including nine of Pakistani origin, were gunned down by a white attacker armed with semi-automatic weapons. The attacker opened fire on worshippers in two mosques during Friday congregational prayers and …

Over 1000 people feared dead in Mozambique cyclone More than a thousand people are feared to have died in a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique last week, while scores were killed and more than 200 are missing in neighbouring Zimbabwe. The city of Beira in central Mozambique bore Cyclone Idai’s full wrath on Thursday before the storm barrelled on to …

How the New Zealand terror attack has become a key factor in Turkey’s upcoming elections President Erdogan raises eyebrows at home and abroad by airing killer’s video The deadly terrorist attack in New Zealand has rattled upcoming local elections in Turkey, becoming a campaign issue after Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to air, at a campaign rally, violent footage taken by the suspected killer during his …

Trump complains he is being blamed for New Zealand attack President Donald Trump on Monday complained that he is being blamed by journalists for the massacre of 50 people in attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. “The Fake News Media is working overtime to blame me for the horrible attack in New Zealand,” Trump told his more than 59 …

After a gunman left 50 dead in an anti-Muslim massacre at two mosques in New Zealand, President Trump did not condemn the white supremacy extolled by the alleged shooter, nor did he express explicit sympathy with Muslims around the globe. Instead, Trump spent the days that followed on the offensive — averaging just over a tweet per hour through the …

China assures India of resolving Masood Azhar issue Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui Sunday said that the matter of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar at the United Nations will be “resolved”. China had put a last-minute “hold” on the UN Security Council resolution last week — its fourth such move in a decade, international media reported. Beijing had said its …

The deadly terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand was “another grim reminder” of the Islamophobia sweeping the world, a senior Pakistani diplomat told delegates attending the UN Commission on the Status of Women —a global gathering of women activists at which Pakistan played an active role. Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, was speaking …

The Taliban political chief, who headed the delegation during the most recent round of peace talks with the United States, said on Thursday that he was optimistic and assured Afghans that they had no reason to fear a settlement. The latest round of talks in Qatar lasted 16 days and finished on Tuesday, with officials from both sides saying that progress …

As China shot down an Indian bid to declare Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, the hashtag #BoycottChineseProducts was trending in India on Thursday. Indian nationals bashed China and called for a ban on its products amid much outrage. The proposal to designate Azhar under the 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council …